Twisted (pgs 1-37)

Summary:
The main character of Twisted is a junior in high school named Tyler Miller. He got arrested for doing the "Foul Deed", which wasn't specified as to what the deed was. But as a result he must do community service, pay for the damage, and he has to meet for six months with his parole officer. There's this neighbor of Tyler's named Bethany Milbury that he has a crush on. Tyler's father was attending a business gathering and brought the whole family, and Bethany's family was there as well. Bethany's brother, Chip, was bullying Tyler and talking about him getting in trouble with the law. Mr. Milbury and Mr. Miller both challenged Tyler and Chip to arm wrestle, which to them was innocent fun but was something different for Chip and Tyler. Tyler was winning, but he let Chip win because his father was sending signals to let him win to impress Mr. Milbury. Afterwards Mr. Milbury said that they should "shake hands like men". But instead of doing that, Chip patted Tyler on the back as hard as he could which sent him flying towards Bethany and the waiters with the trays of champagne. The trays flew up and the champagne glasses broke. Bethany fell and she was barefoot, so the glass got into her foot and also on her arm when she landed on the ground. Tyler was so embarrassed and upset about what happened because he was afraid Bethany was mad at him.
Tyler was laying in his bedroom one night thinking about bodies falling off bridges and planes, unbuckling his seat belt, and speeding up in his car flying into the bottom of a cliff and and explosion erupting. I was wondering if this had anything to do with the "Foul Deed" that he was arrested for.
The next day his mom made a cake for the Milburys and told Tyler to bring it to them and apologize for what happened to Bethany. He brought the cake and apologized to Mrs. Milbury and she said it was okay and that he should keep Bethany company for a few minutes. Tyler was very apprehensive about doing this, but followed Mrs. Milbury to the basement where Bethany was. When he saw her, he got down on his knees and apologized several times to Bethany about what happened, and she accepted his apology and they started eating the cake together.
Quote:
"At least they were getting paid. I was working forty feet above the ground, breathing in sulfur fumes from Satan's vomitorium, for free" (Anderson 1).
Reaction:
Reading this line emphasized how Tyler feels about this community service that he's doing. He said that he was breathing fumes from "Satan's vomitorium". When I read that it put a bad smell in my nose and a horrible taste in my mouth. It was as if I were breathing those same nasty fumes. Also, he said this vomitorium belonged to Satan, and nothing good is ever associated with Satan. In fact, another name for Satan is "the Devil". So after reading that line I felt bad for Tyler because of the suffering he's experiencing, even though he has to do this community service because of his misbehavior. The author used such a strong description of this community service that I felt like I was suffering with Tyler. I could almost feel his pain. This quote was in the first paragraph of the novel and the author's good use of imagery and metaphor in this sentence is what made me want to look into this book and continue reading.